diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a8cf4930e1f07fef3ca39971893d259d8faa65db..babcf13f2762227ef349a0ec569fef30daadd0a0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -84,26 +84,37 @@ test-docs-links:
     - build-docs
   script: bundle exec htmlproofer --assume-extension --allow_hash_href ./_site
 
+build-docs-crds:
+  stage: build
+  image:
+    name: ghcr.io/fybrik/crdoc:0.6.1
+    entrypoint: [""]
+  script: /crdoc --resources theodolite/crd/ --template docs/api-reference/crds.tmpl --output docs/api-reference/crds.ref.md
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - docs/api-reference/crds.ref.md
+    expire_in: 1 week
+  rules:
+    - changes:
+      - docs/api-reference/crds.tmpl
+      - theodolite/crd/**/*
+    - when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
+
 test-docs-crds-regression:
   stage: test
-  image: golang
+  needs:
+    - build-docs-crds
+  image: alpine:3.15
   before_script:
     - cd docs
-    - go install fybrik.io/crdoc@latest
   script:
-    - crdoc --resources ../theodolite/crd/ --template api-reference/crds.tmpl  --output api-reference/crds.ref.md
     - cmp api-reference/crds.md api-reference/crds.ref.md
   artifacts:
     when: on_failure
     paths:
       - docs/api-reference/crds.ref.md
     expire_in: 1 week
-  rules:
-    - changes:
-      - docs/api-reference/crds.tmpl
-      - theodolite/crd/**/*
-    - when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
 
 
 # Theodolite Helm Chart
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 52b5311295e5a96721d9aa42f7e9c319da06960c..a19f94305dfdcb1de7c46da98afbb52b28a6bfa0 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ crdoc --resources ../theodolite/crd/ --template api-reference/crds.tmpl  --outpu
 With the following command, crdoc is executed in Docker:
 
 ```sh
-docker run --rm -v "`pwd`/../theodolite/crd/":/crd -u $UID -v "`pwd`/api-reference":/api-reference ghcr.io/fybrik/crdoc:0.6.0 --resources /crd/ --template /api-reference/crds.tmpl --output /api-reference/crds.md
+docker run --rm -v "`pwd`/../theodolite/crd/":/crd -v "`pwd`/api-reference":/api-reference ghcr.io/fybrik/crdoc:0.6.1 --resources /crd/ --template /api-reference/crds.tmpl --output /api-reference/crds.md
 ```
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..60b9977149c7b281cb2ac91ee282f73d4351e348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+cleanup.add_default_serial_version_id=true
+cleanup.add_generated_serial_version_id=false
+cleanup.add_missing_annotations=true
+cleanup.add_missing_deprecated_annotations=true
+cleanup.add_missing_methods=false
+cleanup.add_missing_nls_tags=false
+cleanup.add_missing_override_annotations=true
+cleanup.add_missing_override_annotations_interface_methods=true
+cleanup.add_serial_version_id=false
+cleanup.always_use_blocks=true
+cleanup.always_use_parentheses_in_expressions=false
+cleanup.always_use_this_for_non_static_field_access=true
+cleanup.always_use_this_for_non_static_method_access=true
+cleanup.convert_functional_interfaces=false
+cleanup.convert_to_enhanced_for_loop=true
+cleanup.correct_indentation=true
+cleanup.format_source_code=true
+cleanup.format_source_code_changes_only=false
+cleanup.insert_inferred_type_arguments=false
+cleanup.make_local_variable_final=true
+cleanup.make_parameters_final=true
+cleanup.make_private_fields_final=true
+cleanup.make_type_abstract_if_missing_method=false
+cleanup.make_variable_declarations_final=true
+cleanup.never_use_blocks=false
+cleanup.never_use_parentheses_in_expressions=true
+cleanup.organize_imports=true
+cleanup.qualify_static_field_accesses_with_declaring_class=false
+cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_through_instances_with_declaring_class=true
+cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_through_subtypes_with_declaring_class=true
+cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_with_declaring_class=true
+cleanup.qualify_static_method_accesses_with_declaring_class=false
+cleanup.remove_private_constructors=true
+cleanup.remove_redundant_modifiers=false
+cleanup.remove_redundant_semicolons=true
+cleanup.remove_redundant_type_arguments=true
+cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces=true
+cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces_all=true
+cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces_ignore_empty=false
+cleanup.remove_unnecessary_casts=true
+cleanup.remove_unnecessary_nls_tags=true
+cleanup.remove_unused_imports=true
+cleanup.remove_unused_local_variables=false
+cleanup.remove_unused_private_fields=true
+cleanup.remove_unused_private_members=false
+cleanup.remove_unused_private_methods=true
+cleanup.remove_unused_private_types=true
+cleanup.sort_members=false
+cleanup.sort_members_all=false
+cleanup.use_anonymous_class_creation=false
+cleanup.use_blocks=true
+cleanup.use_blocks_only_for_return_and_throw=false
+cleanup.use_lambda=true
+cleanup.use_parentheses_in_expressions=true
+cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_field_access=true
+cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_field_access_only_if_necessary=false
+cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_method_access=true
+cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_method_access_only_if_necessary=false
+cleanup_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
+cleanup_settings_version=2
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
+formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
+formatter_settings_version=21
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.staticondemandthreshold=99
+sp_cleanup.add_default_serial_version_id=true
+sp_cleanup.add_generated_serial_version_id=false
+sp_cleanup.add_missing_annotations=true
+sp_cleanup.add_missing_deprecated_annotations=true
+sp_cleanup.add_missing_methods=false
+sp_cleanup.add_missing_nls_tags=false
+sp_cleanup.add_missing_override_annotations=true
+sp_cleanup.add_missing_override_annotations_interface_methods=true
+sp_cleanup.add_serial_version_id=false
+sp_cleanup.always_use_blocks=true
+sp_cleanup.always_use_parentheses_in_expressions=false
+sp_cleanup.always_use_this_for_non_static_field_access=true
+sp_cleanup.always_use_this_for_non_static_method_access=true
+sp_cleanup.convert_functional_interfaces=false
+sp_cleanup.convert_to_enhanced_for_loop=true
+sp_cleanup.correct_indentation=true
+sp_cleanup.format_source_code=true
+sp_cleanup.format_source_code_changes_only=false
+sp_cleanup.insert_inferred_type_arguments=false
+sp_cleanup.make_local_variable_final=true
+sp_cleanup.make_parameters_final=true
+sp_cleanup.make_private_fields_final=true
+sp_cleanup.make_type_abstract_if_missing_method=false
+sp_cleanup.make_variable_declarations_final=true
+sp_cleanup.never_use_blocks=false
+sp_cleanup.never_use_parentheses_in_expressions=true
+sp_cleanup.on_save_use_additional_actions=true
+sp_cleanup.organize_imports=true
+sp_cleanup.qualify_static_field_accesses_with_declaring_class=false
+sp_cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_through_instances_with_declaring_class=true
+sp_cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_through_subtypes_with_declaring_class=true
+sp_cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_with_declaring_class=true
+sp_cleanup.qualify_static_method_accesses_with_declaring_class=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_private_constructors=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_redundant_modifiers=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_redundant_semicolons=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_redundant_type_arguments=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces_all=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces_ignore_empty=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_unnecessary_casts=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_unnecessary_nls_tags=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_imports=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_local_variables=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_private_fields=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_private_members=false
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_private_methods=true
+sp_cleanup.remove_unused_private_types=true
+sp_cleanup.sort_members=false
+sp_cleanup.sort_members_all=false
+sp_cleanup.use_anonymous_class_creation=false
+sp_cleanup.use_blocks=true
+sp_cleanup.use_blocks_only_for_return_and_throw=false
+sp_cleanup.use_lambda=true
+sp_cleanup.use_parentheses_in_expressions=true
+sp_cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_field_access=true
+sp_cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_field_access_only_if_necessary=false
+sp_cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_method_access=true
+sp_cleanup.use_this_for_non_static_method_access_only_if_necessary=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/build.gradle
index a809f6bc4b97d8d62b807243eddecda8a5de5032..a15b388a33ce53b0f1b8f2f0567996917b9f18d1 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/build.gradle
@@ -13,21 +13,19 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  // These dependencies are used internally, and not exposed to consumers on their own compile classpath.
   implementation('org.industrial-devops:titan-ccp-common:0.1.0-SNAPSHOT') { changing = true }
   implementation('org.industrial-devops:titan-ccp-common-kafka:0.1.0-SNAPSHOT') { changing = true }
-  implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.2'
-  implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:24.1-jre'
 
+  implementation group: 'org.apache.beam', name: 'beam-sdks-java-core', version: '2.22.0'
   implementation('org.apache.beam:beam-sdks-java-io-kafka:2.22.0'){
     exclude group: 'org.apache.kafka', module: 'kafka-clients'
   }
+  implementation ('io.confluent:kafka-streams-avro-serde:5.3.2') 
+  
   implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-simple', version: '1.7.30'
-  implementation group: 'org.apache.beam', name: 'beam-sdks-java-core', version: '2.22.0'
-
+  
   runtimeOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.32'
   runtimeOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:1.7.32'
 
-  // Use JUnit test framework
   testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/AbstractPipeline.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/AbstractPipeline.java
index c936ce918c10f3c500cdd26f7e057cd7b6c555b6..e67c5f60b6401b4ecd1f42b2a184afbc4654f425 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/AbstractPipeline.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/AbstractPipeline.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
  */
 public class AbstractPipeline extends Pipeline {
 
+  private static final String KAFKA_CONFIG_SPECIFIC_AVRO_READER = "specific.avro.reader";
+  private static final String KAFKA_CONFIG_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL = "schema.registry.url";
   protected final String inputTopic;
   protected final String bootstrapServer;
   // Application Configurations
@@ -21,8 +23,8 @@ public class AbstractPipeline extends Pipeline {
     super(options);
     this.config = config;
 
-    inputTopic = config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.KAFKA_INPUT_TOPIC);
-    bootstrapServer = config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS);
+    this.inputTopic = config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.KAFKA_INPUT_TOPIC);
+    this.bootstrapServer = config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -32,19 +34,37 @@ public class AbstractPipeline extends Pipeline {
    */
   public Map<String, Object> buildConsumerConfig() {
     final Map<String, Object> consumerConfig = new HashMap<>();
-    consumerConfig.put(ConsumerConfig.ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT_CONFIG,
-        config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT_CONFIG));
-    consumerConfig.put(ConsumerConfig.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG,
-        config
-            .getString(ConfigurationKeys.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG));
-    consumerConfig.put("schema.registry.url",
-        config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL));
-
-    consumerConfig.put("specific.avro.reader",
-        config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.SPECIFIC_AVRO_READER));
-
-    final String applicationName = config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.APPLICATION_NAME);
-    consumerConfig.put(ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG, applicationName);
+    consumerConfig.put(
+        ConsumerConfig.ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT_CONFIG,
+        this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT_CONFIG));
+    consumerConfig.put(
+        ConsumerConfig.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG,
+        this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG));
+    consumerConfig.put(
+        KAFKA_CONFIG_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL,
+        this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL));
+    consumerConfig.put(
+        KAFKA_CONFIG_SPECIFIC_AVRO_READER,
+        this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.SPECIFIC_AVRO_READER));
+    consumerConfig.put(
+        ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG,
+        this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.APPLICATION_NAME));
     return consumerConfig;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Builds a simple configuration for a Kafka producer transformation.
+   *
+   * @return the build configuration.
+   */
+  public Map<String, Object> buildProducerConfig() {
+    final Map<String, Object> config = new HashMap<>();
+    config.put(
+        KAFKA_CONFIG_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL,
+        this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL));
+    config.put(
+        KAFKA_CONFIG_SPECIFIC_AVRO_READER,
+        this.config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.SPECIFIC_AVRO_READER));
+    return config;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/ActivePowerRecordDeserializer.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/ActivePowerRecordDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c53dde3d5f4b7d18822c916a637c356b898fe2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/ActivePowerRecordDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package theodolite.commons.beam.kafka;
+
+import io.confluent.kafka.streams.serdes.avro.SpecificAvroDeserializer;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Deserializer;
+import titan.ccp.model.records.ActivePowerRecord;
+
+/**
+ * A Kafka {@link Deserializer} for typed Schema Registry {@link ActivePowerRecord}.
+ */
+public class ActivePowerRecordDeserializer extends SpecificAvroDeserializer<ActivePowerRecord> {
+}
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/KafkaActivePowerRecordReader.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/KafkaActivePowerRecordReader.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f102bee41d66c251ecb66418dd3b90dced32cffb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/KafkaActivePowerRecordReader.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.commons.beam.kafka;
-
-import io.confluent.kafka.serializers.KafkaAvroDeserializer;
-import java.util.Map;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.AvroCoder;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.kafka.KafkaIO;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.PTransform;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.KV;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PBegin;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollection;
-import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer;
-import titan.ccp.model.records.ActivePowerRecord;
-
-/**
- * Simple {@link PTransform} that read from Kafka using {@link KafkaIO}.
- */
-public class KafkaActivePowerRecordReader extends
-    PTransform<PBegin, PCollection<KV<String, ActivePowerRecord>>> {
-
-  private static final long serialVersionUID = 2603286150183186115L;
-  private final PTransform<PBegin, PCollection<KV<String, ActivePowerRecord>>> reader;
-
-
-  /**
-   * Instantiates a {@link PTransform} that reads from Kafka with the given Configuration.
-   */
-  public KafkaActivePowerRecordReader(final String bootstrapServer, final String inputTopic,
-                                      final Map<String, Object> consumerConfig) {
-    super();
-
-    if (bootstrapServer == null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("bootstrapServer is null");
-    }
-
-    if (inputTopic == null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("inputTopic is null");
-    }
-
-    // Check if boostrap server and inputTopic are defined
-    if (bootstrapServer.isEmpty() || inputTopic.isEmpty()) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("bootstrapServer or inputTopic missing");
-    }
-
-
-    reader =
-        KafkaIO.<String, ActivePowerRecord>read()
-            .withBootstrapServers(bootstrapServer)
-            .withTopic(inputTopic)
-            .withKeyDeserializer(StringDeserializer.class)
-            .withValueDeserializerAndCoder((Class) KafkaAvroDeserializer.class,
-                AvroCoder.of(ActivePowerRecord.class))
-            .withConsumerConfigUpdates(consumerConfig)
-            .withoutMetadata();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public PCollection<KV<String, ActivePowerRecord>> expand(final PBegin input) {
-    return input.apply(this.reader);
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/KafkaActivePowerTimestampReader.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/KafkaActivePowerTimestampReader.java
index 732afe9a0c1d4bdfea876025fceea0c5da1310fe..7a48bd71d497f65351888425d092decf5adb05f3 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/KafkaActivePowerTimestampReader.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/KafkaActivePowerTimestampReader.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package theodolite.commons.beam.kafka;
 
-import io.confluent.kafka.serializers.KafkaAvroDeserializer;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.AvroCoder;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.kafka.KafkaIO;
@@ -12,40 +11,37 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer;
 import titan.ccp.model.records.ActivePowerRecord;
 
 /**
- * Simple {@link PTransform} that read from Kafka using {@link KafkaIO}.
- * Has additional a TimestampPolicy.
+ * Simple {@link PTransform} that reads from Kafka using {@link KafkaIO} with event time.
  */
-public class KafkaActivePowerTimestampReader extends
-    PTransform<PBegin, PCollection<KV<String, ActivePowerRecord>>> {
+public class KafkaActivePowerTimestampReader
+    extends PTransform<PBegin, PCollection<KV<String, ActivePowerRecord>>> {
 
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 2603286150183186115L;
   private final PTransform<PBegin, PCollection<KV<String, ActivePowerRecord>>> reader;
 
-
   /**
    * Instantiates a {@link PTransform} that reads from Kafka with the given Configuration.
    */
-  public KafkaActivePowerTimestampReader(final String bootstrapServer, final String inputTopic,
-                                         final Map<String, Object> consumerConfig) {
+  public KafkaActivePowerTimestampReader(
+      final String bootstrapServer,
+      final String inputTopic,
+      final Map<String, Object> consumerConfig) {
     super();
 
-    // Check if boostrap server and inputTopic are defined
+    // Check if bootstrap server and inputTopic are defined
     if (bootstrapServer.isEmpty() || inputTopic.isEmpty()) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("bootstrapServer or inputTopic missing");
     }
 
-    reader =
-        KafkaIO.<String, ActivePowerRecord>read()
-            .withBootstrapServers(bootstrapServer)
-            .withTopic(inputTopic)
-            .withKeyDeserializer(StringDeserializer.class)
-            .withValueDeserializerAndCoder((Class) KafkaAvroDeserializer.class,
-                AvroCoder.of(ActivePowerRecord.class))
-            .withConsumerConfigUpdates(consumerConfig)
-            // Set TimeStampPolicy for event time
-            .withTimestampPolicyFactory(
-                (tp, previousWaterMark) -> new EventTimePolicy(previousWaterMark))
-            .withoutMetadata();
+    this.reader = KafkaIO.<String, ActivePowerRecord>read().withBootstrapServers(bootstrapServer)
+        .withTopic(inputTopic).withKeyDeserializer(StringDeserializer.class)
+        .withValueDeserializerAndCoder(
+            ActivePowerRecordDeserializer.class,
+            AvroCoder.of(ActivePowerRecord.class))
+        .withConsumerConfigUpdates(consumerConfig)
+        .withTimestampPolicyFactory(
+            (tp, previousWatermark) -> new EventTimePolicy(previousWatermark))
+        .withoutMetadata();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/KafkaWriterTransformation.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/KafkaWriterTransformation.java
index 0a3867e71479e36ce30a9f222dfd0a7d473bd209..6d33f6f01493c10a1eb6aca56dd309ae58ce4b8d 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/KafkaWriterTransformation.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/beam-commons/src/main/java/theodolite/commons/beam/kafka/KafkaWriterTransformation.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package theodolite.commons.beam.kafka;
 
+import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.kafka.KafkaIO;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.PTransform;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.KV;
@@ -9,23 +10,35 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serializer;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer;
 
 /**
- * Wrapper for a Kafka writing Transformation
- * where the value type can be generic.
+ * Wrapper for a Kafka writing Transformation where the value type can be generic.
+ *
  * @param <T> type of the value.
  */
-public class KafkaWriterTransformation<T> extends
-    PTransform<PCollection<KV<String, T>>, PDone> {
+public class KafkaWriterTransformation<T> extends PTransform<PCollection<KV<String, T>>, PDone> {
 
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 3171423303843174723L;
   private final PTransform<PCollection<KV<String, T>>, PDone> writer;
 
   /**
-   * Creates a new kafka writer transformation.
+   * Creates a new Kafka writer transformation.
    */
-  public KafkaWriterTransformation(final String bootstrapServer, final String outputTopic,
-                                   final Class<? extends Serializer<T>> valueSerializer) {
+  public KafkaWriterTransformation(
+      final String bootstrapServer,
+      final String outputTopic,
+      final Class<? extends Serializer<T>> valueSerializer) {
+    this(bootstrapServer, outputTopic, valueSerializer, Map.of());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new Kafka writer transformation.
+   */
+  public KafkaWriterTransformation(
+      final String bootstrapServer,
+      final String outputTopic,
+      final Class<? extends Serializer<T>> valueSerializer,
+      final Map<String, Object> producerConfig) {
     super();
-    // Check if boostrap server and outputTopic are defined
+    // Check if bootstrap server and outputTopic are defined
     if (bootstrapServer.isEmpty() || outputTopic.isEmpty()) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("bootstrapServer or outputTopic missing");
     }
@@ -34,7 +47,8 @@ public class KafkaWriterTransformation<T> extends
         .withBootstrapServers(bootstrapServer)
         .withTopic(outputTopic)
         .withKeySerializer(StringSerializer.class)
-        .withValueSerializer(valueSerializer);
+        .withValueSerializer(valueSerializer)
+        .withProducerConfigUpdates(producerConfig);
 
   }
 
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index 66b402b58f39b79066638ce679c27c0378d5be54..174249a98f9d91ce2cbf2bb64b27c09b37f05d9f 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/kstreams-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/kstreams-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index 98b5ca8064a352aacfe2aebd13fbd0a87735fc3e..713419c8d3d74d3bd7fd05c3e839367753fcdee0 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/kstreams-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/kstreams-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index fa98ca63d77bdee891150bd6713f70197a75cefc..a375cb792eeb842ecfd1f789fbf6a716df43e9c8 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java
index 6d908d34b7c6b87254782b6ae8b0b8dc2a6d036e..0d331a900f5bd5c18dbeaf2fc2a249256151ce70 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.urlPathEqualTo;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.verify;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.WireMockConfiguration.options;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.junit.WireMockRule;
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import java.net.URI;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
@@ -21,8 +20,6 @@ public class HttpRecordSenderTest {
 
   private HttpRecordSender<ActivePowerRecord> httpRecordSender;
 
-  private Gson gson;
-
   @Rule
   public WireMockRule wireMockRule = new WireMockRule(options().dynamicPort());
 
@@ -30,7 +27,6 @@ public class HttpRecordSenderTest {
   public void setup() {
     this.httpRecordSender =
         new HttpRecordSender<>(URI.create("http://localhost:" + this.wireMockRule.port()));
-    this.gson = new Gson();
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/java/application/LogKeyValue.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/java/application/LogKeyValue.java
index 79566fd937b9c100663d426610b6ff476035ef87..251523441e339cbaf58c7e3a1b30e97cc354df18 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/java/application/LogKeyValue.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/java/application/LogKeyValue.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 /**
  * Logs all Key Value pairs.
  */
-@SuppressWarnings({"unused"})
 public class LogKeyValue extends DoFn<KV<String, String>, KV<String, String>> {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 4328743;
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LogKeyValue.class);
@@ -19,9 +18,7 @@ public class LogKeyValue extends DoFn<KV<String, String>, KV<String, String>> {
   @ProcessElement
   public void processElement(@Element final KV<String, String> kv,
       final OutputReceiver<KV<String, String>> out) {
-    if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-      LOGGER.info("Key: {}, Value: {}", kv.getKey(), kv.getValue());
-    }
+    LOGGER.info("Key: {}, Value: {}", kv.getKey(), kv.getValue());
     out.output(kv);
   }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index fa98ca63d77bdee891150bd6713f70197a75cefc..a375cb792eeb842ecfd1f789fbf6a716df43e9c8 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index fa98ca63d77bdee891150bd6713f70197a75cefc..a375cb792eeb842ecfd1f789fbf6a716df43e9c8 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index 4d01df75552c562406705858b6368ecf59d6e82f..ac23341bf71ac68df4183361493261758fd5dafb 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index 4d01df75552c562406705858b6368ecf59d6e82f..ac23341bf71ac68df4183361493261758fd5dafb 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index 4d01df75552c562406705858b6368ecf59d6e82f..ac23341bf71ac68df4183361493261758fd5dafb 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index 4d01df75552c562406705858b6368ecf59d6e82f..ac23341bf71ac68df4183361493261758fd5dafb 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index 4d01df75552c562406705858b6368ecf59d6e82f..ac23341bf71ac68df4183361493261758fd5dafb 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index fa98ca63d77bdee891150bd6713f70197a75cefc..a375cb792eeb842ecfd1f789fbf6a716df43e9c8 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index fa98ca63d77bdee891150bd6713f70197a75cefc..a375cb792eeb842ecfd1f789fbf6a716df43e9c8 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/build.gradle
index 502e94fa737fb2ae1bab861407b27575cd8766ca..3e9d917cc3586e5df2c5645f1d2cbcf03e3993e4 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/build.gradle
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ plugins {
   id 'theodolite.beam'
 }
 
-
+dependencies {
+  implementation ('io.confluent:kafka-streams-avro-serde:5.3.2') 
+}
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/DuplicateAsFlatMap.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/DuplicateAsFlatMap.java
index 7b66082c91b87c246d8c834249d2bc82545766f5..cf25f043ecef8c4bc564cff454d6477d69c945aa 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/DuplicateAsFlatMap.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/DuplicateAsFlatMap.java
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ import titan.ccp.model.records.ActivePowerRecord;
 /**
  * Duplicates the Kv containing the (Children,Parents) pair as a flat map.
  */
-public class DuplicateAsFlatMap extends DoFn
-    <KV<String, ActivePowerRecord>, KV<SensorParentKey, ActivePowerRecord>> {
+public class DuplicateAsFlatMap
+    extends DoFn<KV<String, ActivePowerRecord>, KV<SensorParentKey, ActivePowerRecord>> {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = -5132355515723961647L;
   @StateId("parents")
-  private final StateSpec<ValueState<Set<String>>> parents = StateSpecs.value();//NOPMD
+  private final StateSpec<ValueState<Set<String>>> parents = StateSpecs.value();// NOPMD
   private final PCollectionView<Map<String, Set<String>>> childParentPairMap;
 
   public DuplicateAsFlatMap(final PCollectionView<Map<String, Set<String>>> childParentPairMap) {
@@ -30,19 +30,20 @@ public class DuplicateAsFlatMap extends DoFn
 
 
   /**
-   *  Generate a KV-pair for every child-parent match.
+   * Generate a KV-pair for every child-parent match.
    */
   @ProcessElement
-  public void processElement(@Element final KV<String, ActivePowerRecord> kv,
-                             final OutputReceiver<KV<SensorParentKey, ActivePowerRecord>> out,
-                             @StateId("parents") final ValueState<Set<String>> state,
-                             final ProcessContext c) {
+  public void processElement(
+      @Element final KV<String, ActivePowerRecord> kv,
+      final OutputReceiver<KV<SensorParentKey, ActivePowerRecord>> out,
+      @StateId("parents") final ValueState<Set<String>> state,
+      final ProcessContext c) {
 
     final ActivePowerRecord record = kv.getValue() == null ? null : kv.getValue();
     final Set<String> newParents =
-        c.sideInput(childParentPairMap).get(kv.getKey()) == null
+        c.sideInput(this.childParentPairMap).get(kv.getKey()) == null
             ? Collections.emptySet()
-            : c.sideInput(childParentPairMap).get(kv.getKey());
+            : c.sideInput(this.childParentPairMap).get(kv.getKey());
     final Set<String> oldParents =
         MoreObjects.firstNonNull(state.read(), Collections.emptySet());
     // Forward new Pairs if they exist
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/Uc4BeamPipeline.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/Uc4BeamPipeline.java
index 7179fe5da937280d5baf72cd73cc392ef15a60e0..0c63e6f9322e5f70f1ad010de168f1a5292a45a4 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/Uc4BeamPipeline.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/application/Uc4BeamPipeline.java
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ public final class Uc4BeamPipeline extends AbstractPipeline {
     final Duration gracePeriod =
         Duration.standardSeconds(config.getInt(ConfigurationKeys.GRACE_PERIOD_MS));
 
-    // Build kafka configuration
-    final Map<String, Object> consumerConfig = this.buildConsumerConfig();
+    // Build Kafka configuration
+    final Map<String, Object> consumerConfig = super.buildConsumerConfig();
     final Map<String, Object> configurationConfig = this.configurationConfig(config);
 
     // Set Coders for Classes that will be distributed
@@ -77,25 +77,34 @@ public final class Uc4BeamPipeline extends AbstractPipeline {
     // Read from Kafka
     // ActivePowerRecords
     final KafkaActivePowerTimestampReader kafkaActivePowerRecordReader =
-        new KafkaActivePowerTimestampReader(this.bootstrapServer, this.inputTopic, consumerConfig);
+        new KafkaActivePowerTimestampReader(
+            this.bootstrapServer,
+            this.inputTopic,
+            consumerConfig);
 
     // Configuration Events
     final KafkaGenericReader<Event, String> kafkaConfigurationReader =
         new KafkaGenericReader<>(
-            this.bootstrapServer, configurationTopic, configurationConfig,
-            EventDeserializer.class, StringDeserializer.class);
-
-    // Transform into AggregatedActivePowerRecords into ActivePowerRecords
-    final AggregatedToActive aggregatedToActive = new AggregatedToActive();
+            this.bootstrapServer,
+            configurationTopic,
+            configurationConfig,
+            EventDeserializer.class,
+            StringDeserializer.class);
 
     // Write to Kafka
     final KafkaWriterTransformation<AggregatedActivePowerRecord> kafkaOutput =
         new KafkaWriterTransformation<>(
-            this.bootstrapServer, outputTopic, AggregatedActivePowerRecordSerializer.class);
+            this.bootstrapServer,
+            outputTopic,
+            AggregatedActivePowerRecordSerializer.class,
+            super.buildProducerConfig());
 
     final KafkaWriterTransformation<AggregatedActivePowerRecord> kafkaFeedback =
         new KafkaWriterTransformation<>(
-            this.bootstrapServer, feedbackTopic, AggregatedActivePowerRecordSerializer.class);
+            this.bootstrapServer,
+            feedbackTopic,
+            AggregatedActivePowerRecordSerializer.class,
+            super.buildProducerConfig());
 
     // Apply pipeline transformations
     final PCollection<KV<String, ActivePowerRecord>> values = this
@@ -115,7 +124,10 @@ public final class Uc4BeamPipeline extends AbstractPipeline {
             .withBootstrapServers(this.bootstrapServer)
             .withTopic(feedbackTopic)
             .withKeyDeserializer(StringDeserializer.class)
-            .withValueDeserializer(AggregatedActivePowerRecordDeserializer.class)
+            .withValueDeserializerAndCoder(
+                AggregatedActivePowerRecordDeserializer.class,
+                AvroCoder.of(AggregatedActivePowerRecord.class))
+            .withConsumerConfigUpdates(consumerConfig)
             .withTimestampPolicyFactory(
                 (tp, previousWaterMark) -> new AggregatedActivePowerRecordEventTimePolicy(
                     previousWaterMark))
@@ -123,11 +135,12 @@ public final class Uc4BeamPipeline extends AbstractPipeline {
         .apply("Apply Windows", Window.into(FixedWindows.of(duration)))
         // Convert into the correct data format
         .apply("Convert AggregatedActivePowerRecord to ActivePowerRecord",
-            MapElements.via(aggregatedToActive))
+            MapElements.via(new AggregatedToActive()))
         .apply("Set trigger for feedback", Window
             .<KV<String, ActivePowerRecord>>configure()
             .triggering(Repeatedly.forever(
-                AfterProcessingTime.pastFirstElementInPane()
+                AfterProcessingTime
+                    .pastFirstElementInPane()
                     .plusDelayOf(triggerDelay)))
             .withAllowedLateness(gracePeriod)
             .discardingFiredPanes());
@@ -170,17 +183,13 @@ public final class Uc4BeamPipeline extends AbstractPipeline {
                 .accumulatingFiredPanes())
             .apply(View.asMap());
 
-    final FilterNullValues filterNullValues = new FilterNullValues();
-
     // Build pairs of every sensor reading and parent
     final PCollection<KV<SensorParentKey, ActivePowerRecord>> flatMappedValues =
         inputCollection.apply(
             "Duplicate as flatMap",
-            ParDo.of(new DuplicateAsFlatMap(childParentPairMap))
-                .withSideInputs(childParentPairMap))
+            ParDo.of(new DuplicateAsFlatMap(childParentPairMap)).withSideInputs(childParentPairMap))
             .apply("Filter only latest changes", Latest.perKey())
-            .apply("Filter out null values",
-                Filter.by(filterNullValues));
+            .apply("Filter out null values", Filter.by(new FilterNullValues()));
 
     final SetIdForAggregated setIdForAggregated = new SetIdForAggregated();
     final SetKeyToGroup setKeyToGroup = new SetKeyToGroup();
@@ -204,8 +213,7 @@ public final class Uc4BeamPipeline extends AbstractPipeline {
 
     aggregations.apply("Write to aggregation results", kafkaOutput);
 
-    aggregations
-        .apply("Write to feedback topic", kafkaFeedback);
+    aggregations.apply("Write to feedback topic", kafkaFeedback);
 
   }
 
@@ -217,14 +225,15 @@ public final class Uc4BeamPipeline extends AbstractPipeline {
    */
   public Map<String, Object> configurationConfig(final Configuration config) {
     final Map<String, Object> consumerConfig = new HashMap<>();
-    consumerConfig.put(ConsumerConfig.ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT_CONFIG,
+    consumerConfig.put(
+        ConsumerConfig.ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT_CONFIG,
         config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT_CONFIG));
-    consumerConfig.put(ConsumerConfig.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG,
-        config
-            .getString(ConfigurationKeys.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG));
-
-    consumerConfig.put(ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG, config
-        .getString(ConfigurationKeys.APPLICATION_NAME) + "-configuration");
+    consumerConfig.put(
+        ConsumerConfig.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG,
+        config.getString(ConfigurationKeys.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG));
+    consumerConfig.put(
+        ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG, config
+            .getString(ConfigurationKeys.APPLICATION_NAME) + "-configuration");
     return consumerConfig;
   }
 
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordCoder.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordCoder.java
index d2b484f5ab30be63f311d6dbcf495baebbd5e2b4..28f3d70b4a19756454fe4564b6f85599e7f17777 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordCoder.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordCoder.java
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.CoderException;
 import titan.ccp.model.records.AggregatedActivePowerRecord;
 
 /**
- * Wrapper Class that encapsulates a AggregatedActivePowerRecord Serde in a
- * org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.Coder.
+ * {@link Coder} for an {@link AggregatedActivePowerRecord}.
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class AggregatedActivePowerRecordCoder extends Coder<AggregatedActivePowerRecord>
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ public class AggregatedActivePowerRecordCoder extends Coder<AggregatedActivePowe
   @Override
   public void verifyDeterministic() throws NonDeterministicException {
     if (!DETERMINISTIC) {
-      throw new NonDeterministicException(this, "This class should be deterministic!");
+      throw new NonDeterministicException(this, "This class should be deterministic.");
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordDeserializer.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordDeserializer.java
index 6e2f2765ff65d3bca2a127be36db0854f15afebc..3076861a53dac031afd9e8eb913b5a0bafe480c0 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordDeserializer.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordDeserializer.java
@@ -1,34 +1,12 @@
 package serialization;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.AvroCoder;
+import io.confluent.kafka.streams.serdes.avro.SpecificAvroDeserializer;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Deserializer;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import titan.ccp.model.records.AggregatedActivePowerRecord;
 
 /**
- * Wrapper Class that encapsulates a IMonitoringRecordSerde.serializer in a Deserializer
+ * {@link Deserializer} for an {@link AggregatedActivePowerRecord}.
  */
 public class AggregatedActivePowerRecordDeserializer
-    implements Deserializer<AggregatedActivePowerRecord> {
-
-  private static final Logger LOGGER =
-      LoggerFactory.getLogger(AggregatedActivePowerRecordDeserializer.class);
-
-  private final transient AvroCoder<AggregatedActivePowerRecord> avroEnCoder =
-      AvroCoder.of(AggregatedActivePowerRecord.class);
-
-  @Override
-  public AggregatedActivePowerRecord deserialize(final String topic, final byte[] data) {
-    AggregatedActivePowerRecord value = null;
-    try {
-      value = this.avroEnCoder.decode(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
-    } catch (final IOException e) {
-      LOGGER.error("Could not deserialize AggregatedActivePowerRecord", e);
-    }
-    return value;
-  }
-
+    extends SpecificAvroDeserializer<AggregatedActivePowerRecord> {
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordSerializer.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordSerializer.java
index 77b79d5465f1d561870bf5b04f8fa20f87076adb..26801d8a28b9756214c65c4e8190e15d04bb3e68 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordSerializer.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-beam/src/main/java/serialization/AggregatedActivePowerRecordSerializer.java
@@ -1,45 +1,12 @@
 package serialization;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.AvroCoder;
+import io.confluent.kafka.streams.serdes.avro.SpecificAvroSerializer;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serializer;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import titan.ccp.model.records.AggregatedActivePowerRecord;
 
 /**
- * Wrapper Class that encapsulates a IMonitoringRecordSerde.serializer in a Serializer
+ * {@link Serializer} for an {@link AggregatedActivePowerRecord}.
  */
 public class AggregatedActivePowerRecordSerializer
-    implements Serializer<AggregatedActivePowerRecord> {
-
-  private static final Logger LOGGER =
-      LoggerFactory.getLogger(AggregatedActivePowerRecordSerializer.class);
-
-  private final transient AvroCoder<AggregatedActivePowerRecord> avroEnCoder =
-      AvroCoder.of(AggregatedActivePowerRecord.class);
-
-  @Override
-  public byte[] serialize(final String topic, final AggregatedActivePowerRecord data) {
-    final ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-    try {
-      this.avroEnCoder.encode(data, out);
-    } catch (final IOException e) {
-      LOGGER.error("Could not serialize AggregatedActivePowerRecord", e);
-    }
-    final byte[] result = out.toByteArray();
-    try {
-      out.close();
-    } catch (final IOException e) {
-      LOGGER.error(
-          "Could not close output stream after serialization of AggregatedActivePowerRecord", e);
-    }
-    return result;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void close() {
-    Serializer.super.close();
-  }
+    extends SpecificAvroSerializer<AggregatedActivePowerRecord> {
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index 272e01533f6a345d53d2635c47e38c6d3c33dc8a..08fcb07933ca19165976bffd5e7fdfdaf64ee1d2 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index fa98ca63d77bdee891150bd6713f70197a75cefc..a375cb792eeb842ecfd1f789fbf6a716df43e9c8 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-kstreams/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index 4d01df75552c562406705858b6368ecf59d6e82f..ac23341bf71ac68df4183361493261758fd5dafb 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-load-generator/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleanup_settings_version=2
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 editor_save_participant_org.eclipse.jdt.ui.postsavelistener.cleanup=true
 formatter_profile=_CAU-SE-Style
-formatter_settings_version=15
+formatter_settings_version=21
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ignorelowercasenames=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.importorder=;
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=99